Apple Pies

After preparing Sfiha, I was very much satisfied with my no-oven baking thing. So this time when I had some extra apples in my room, I thought to prepare a sweet Sfiha. But since my friends wanted to taste something more soft than Sfiha, so I tried something different without knowing about the outcome. But anyway, the new pies (not sure about the name) were sweet & no-oil (only 1tbsp), surprisingly tasty.

So friends, I want you to try this one & let me know how does it go. No need to mention that these are healthy for kids too. 

Ingredients:

For the dough:

2cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp. milk

1tbsp refined oil

1/2 cup water

For the filling:

About 1tbsp sugar

1large apple, peeled, halved, and chopped

1tbsp Milk

1/2cup , ripe papaya, chopped 

1 tsp. cinnamon powder or 1/2 tsp cardamom powder

For Syrup:

4tbsp sugar

3-4 strands Saffron

1cup Water

1/2cup Apple skin, chopped

Method:

1. Sieve the maida\flour well with salt, sugar, milk and place in a flat dish. Make a bay in the center and put a little of oil for leavening. Add warm water and make a stiff dough.

2. Divide dough into walnut size balls. Roll between hand palms to smooth. Roll out balls with a rolling pin to form 8 cm diameter circles.

3. For the fillings, mix all the ingredients. I used cardamom powder. Keep it aside.

4. Put 2tbsp of the fillings on a flour circle and place another flour clircle over the fillings in such a way that it falls just on the edge of the bottom half. Gently mold the dough around the apple to eliminate any trapped air. Fold the edge of the bottom half up over the edge of the top half and press to seal. Repeat it for other flour circles.

5.Heat the pressure cooker for 5 mins. Grease and dust the baking container with oil & flour. Place the pies in the container and place the tightly closed container in the cooker. Keep the cooker on low flame, without whistle.

6. Bake until golden brown, 25mins to 30mins, turn off the heat & set aside the container. These go well with the hot\cold sugar syrup.

Preparation of Syrup:

In a high-sided saucepan over medium-high heat, bring cold water and sugar to a boil. Turn the heat to low and stir constantly until the sugar dissolves completely and the mixture is clear, approximately 3 minutes. Add the saffron & apple skins. Keep it on low heat for 4-5mins.

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Apple Chutney

This is one more variant of Chutney which I prepared the other day.


Chutney refers to a wide-ranging family of condiments from South Asian cuisine that usually contain some mixture of spice(s) and vegetable(s) and/or fruit(s). There are many varieties of chutney. A virtually limitless number of chutneys can be made from almost any combination of vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices. Chutneys are usually grouped into either sweet or hot forms; both forms usually contain various spices, including chili, but differ by their main flavors.

Hope you like this flavor & give me your feedback :)
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Ingredients:

1 tblsp panch phoron
1/2 kg sugar
salt to taste
1 tsp oil
1/2 kg apples
Kismis & kaju to garnish

Method:

1. Wash, remove skin and grate the apples.
2. Heat up oil in a pan, add panch phoron.
3. When it starts to crackle add apples and cook.
4. Add sugar along with a little salt and a little water if required.
5. Stir till it is thick.
6. Garnish with kismis & kaju over the chutney. Or you may garnish with the removed skin, as I did.
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